My Madison Bistro

“Just cheese, please.” That’s the response you’ll get from my brother and sister-in-law’s niece when asked what she wants on her pizza. In my family, we frequently make individual pizzas at parties, so everyone can pick exactly what they want. And we all get a kick out of that little voice, politely asking that we […]

Chili in June? When temperatures are below normal by a good ten degrees, slow-cooker chili is a great weeknight meal. It’s effortless, but it also freezes beautifully, so even if you only have one day of cool temperatures, you don’t have to worry that the chili will go to waste. And if, during the middle […]

This weekend, I decided to make a nice dinner. I saw Mastering the Art of French Cooking sitting on my bookshelf and realized that I don’t utilize this book often enough. I decided see if any of the dishes jumped out at me, and that’s when I found the recipe for Beef Braised in Red […]

Ah, pizza, how I love you. Pizza allows you to get create in ways that you may never have imagined: there’s fruit on pizza, every meat imagineable on pizza, a variety of sauces, no sauce at all, whatever cheese you like, and of course, there are dozens of options for the crust. You could, in […]